Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada

Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Charan

Now Krishna is explain this process

Bg 8.11

yad akṣaraṁ veda-vido vadanti
viśanti yad yatayo vīta-rāgāḥ
yad icchanto brahma-caryaṁ caranti
tat te padaṁ saṅgraheṇa pravakṣye

Word for word: 

yat — that which; akṣaram — syllable oṁ; veda–vidaḥ — persons conversant with the Vedas; vadanti — say;viśanti — enter; yat — in which; yatayaḥ — great sages; vīta–rāgāḥ — in the renounced order of life; yat — that which; icchantaḥ — desiring; brahma–caryam — celibacy; caranti — practice; tat — that; te — unto you; padam— situation; saṅgraheṇa — in summary; pravakṣye — I shall explain.

Translation: 

Persons who are learned in the Vedas, who utter oṁ-kāra, and who are great sages in the renounced order enter into Brahman. Desiring such perfection, one practices celibacy. I shall now briefly explain to you this process by which one may attain salvation.

 

saṅgraheṇa pravakṣye, in brief I will explain Sri Krishna is telling, saṅgraheṇa, brief or summary, pravakṣye, I will explain. yad akṣaraṁ veda-vido vadanti. akṣara refers to Oma. So one chants Oma and then veda-vido vadanti, so vadanti the person who chants akṣara who chants Oma and veda-vido such a person knowing the Veda not ignorant and then viśanti such a person enters into where such a person enter tat te padaṁ, one will attain the ultimate destination viśanti yad yatayo vīta-rāgāḥ, yatayo great sages, vīta-rāgāḥ they are free from attachment and viśanti to attain that destination what did they do? yad icchanto, desiring it brahma-caryaṁ caranti, one practices Brahmacharya so in this way what Sri Krishna is telling over here is, that one should practice Brahmacharya and one should chant the syllable Oma, one should know the Vedas one should be renounced, free from attachment, when one has these primarily qualifications then one can practice process of Yoga and attain perfection that process I will explain.

Sri Krishna will explain that in next two verses briefly but we see that demand for process of Yoga are quite a bit they (1) have to be free from attachment, (2) practice Brahmacharya, (3) know the vedas,(4) be renounced, (5) and then chant the Oma mantra so Krishna has told in previous verse that if one can do that at Prayan Kala then one attain the Paramam Purasam so how can one be able to do at Prayana Kala by Yoga Bala How will the yoga bala come by strength of practice come that is described in this and next verse now. Now Srila Prabhupada said it is best for us to Chant Hare Krishna that is the recommended process for this age.

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